Bloomberg News has posted that OZ is the happiest country in the world based on income, jobs, housing and health as determined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (There goes the neighborhood, mates.) OZ led Norway and the USA on the "Better Life Index." Australia was the only place in the world that avoided the 2009 worldwide recession and OZ is looking at a government surplus beginning 1 July.

The rumor mill has it that all Aussie nationals will get to import the motorcycle of their choice duty free in 2013. All have opted for a Triumph Triple.